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Sony just can't catch a break. But are the negative news articles warranted? I mean, its been a while since an exclusive game has popped up on the psp, while the DS has loads of them. Seems like Sony are the new MS when it comes to trailing behind the competition. What is going on with Sony this gen? Lack of risk-taking and being creative?
The below quote is a bit asinine. The author even asks why the psp has a optical drive instead of a flash drive, but the majority of the post is pretty much on target.
But lets be fair, some of you are going to say the iTouch isn't meant to be in competetion with the PSP, but Sony pretty much came out saying its a multimedia device just like they claimed the PS3 was a computer. So the comparisons to the iTouch seem fair.
"Whatever happened to the PSP? The device that Sony once touted as "the Walkman for the 21st century" is fast disappearing from popular consciousness, and if you believe the rumors circulating just three-and-a-half years after its launch, it's up for a major rethink in 2009.
But then, set the PSP next to the iPhone or iPod Touch, the year's other big winner in portable gaming, and the PSP's hardware design suddenly looks old hat. Where's the touchscreen? What are all these buttons for? What on earth is the point of this useless analog nub of a joystick? And why, in an age when flash memory is so cheap it practically comes in Cheerios boxes, are we still stuck with a huge, bulky, slow, and noisy optical drive? If you're going to compete by offering a powerful hardware platform, you actually need to outperform the competition. As the iPhone steps into the portable gaming ring, it's already got the PSP on the ropes.
Guess what, Sony: Apple already made the Walkman of the 21st century, and you missed the boat."
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Also, games teaching you how to cook on the DS are more than welcome to stay exclusive. I never want to learn how to cook, and even if I did, I wouldn't use a game to teach me it, but use a good old fashioned cookbook.
PSPs are noisy, and horrid.
Anyway, let me counter your "noisy" argument. The tiny, yet audible sound comes from the UMD drive. But the thing is that noisy UMD contains 1.8 GB of data compared to the DS's silent 256MB cartridge.
"horrid" : That just proves you're a DS fanboy and/or Sony hater because you don't even say why you think it's horrid.
I suggest you wait for the release of Dissidia FF, and then look at the situation.
The PSP isn't for everyone. It's mainly for people who are willing to play console-style games on the go. NOT for people who want to pick up and play casually when they feel like it.
Its amazing how Sony is playing catchup on the PS3 and PSP in their respective areas and yet still provides a smooth, enjoyable service for each. Furthermore, they supported the PS2 beyond the PS3's launch. Sony has a lot on its plate. They are a fantastic company, and have crafted the PSP extremely well. As a result, developers are making some awesome games on it. I'll keep buying Playstation products like this anyway..
They are going to probably get the psp outta here. And I hope it does. The dsi have slightly better screens along with graphics, DSWare shop, applications, music player, video player and document viewer (it has a web browser so why not?)
Yeah.....Sony need to gather up so e shit.
And I'm laughing hard at your "better graphics" on the DSi.
Show me a DS game that has graphics that can beat top notch PSP graphics.
And meh, I'd prefer they work harder at getting good exclusives. And when the PSP2 comes out (hopefully much better hardware), we'll see them working harder to get exclusives and push the hardware.
There pretty much neutral in the portable competition.
FFIV, The World Ends With You, and Chrono Trigger are all, and Chrono Trigger doesn't even get a graphics update. D=
It might be time to look into a PSP2 rather than updating the same old hardware. But Sony is far from dropping anything. These doom and gloom articles are getting annoying. Bunch of "experts" that know nothing about marketing or business making predictions about how companies will respond to competition.
I haven't used my PSP since GoW, though. They really haven't made anything to keep me interested for a while. I'm excited for 2009 though. Motorstorm, Resistance: Retribution, and I think a rumored LBP PSP.
In my book there a huge success. How long did the N-gage last??
What about all the Sega portables??
While nintendo is winning in sales and games Sony is proving a point that you Nintendo isn't the only one that can make a portable and make a giant success out of all of it.
Sony may have broken the ice, and know I wouldn't be surprised if we ever see an Xbox portable (way in the future however) or Apple making a front on a gaming portable device.
Sony was the only one to last this long and still do good for themselves.
Theres no doubt in my mind that they'll give up on the psp, otherwise they'll just be sending a message to every other company out there trying to compete against nintendo that they can't be beat and theres no point.
The PSP isn't going anywhere. They have some good games, exclusives, but also it's like the PS3. It's not just about the games, but the media in general. Music, movies, internet, etc. Heck, the Remote Play is enough to keep the PSP in the works (so long as they add to it and refine it!)
Just to quickly touch on exclusives atm(or announced in progress):
*God of War Chains of Olympus
*Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core
*Final Fantasy 13 Versus Agito
*Final Fantasy Dissidia
*Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
*Parasite Eve(forgot the number)
2 of which has been out worldwide for 5 months. One of them out in Japan which sold over 300+ copies on opening day(Dissidia) and that's not to mention the next 3 which isn't out yet which WILL get some sales. Yea the PSP is far from failing. And this doesn't include some of the titles already out for years now.
God will the Sony hate ever die? "PS3 is failing and dying", "PSP is going bye bye", "PS3 is the last Sony console"......etc.
The DS killed the latest PoP. What were UbiSoft thinking?
Really got on my nerves, they needed to fix that up.
like killosity said, the psp has a very specific, dedicated audience. the psp only looks bad when compared to the trillions of clueless parents who buy the DS for their kids, and the psp library only looks bad when you stack the vast amounts of DS shovelware against it's mostly-solid, modest library.
NO U
get off the internet, and take your archaic meme with you.
also the negative reaction to wii-exclusivity from the monster hunter fanbase was so strong that capcom was forced to actually reconsider their questionable decision at one point.
Get a grip. Each to their own with their handheld enjoyment.
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